One complaint I have is that a few areas require blind jumps which turned into cheap deaths. Only two of the seven bosses were even remotely challenging. I would have to say that I enjoyed the game a good amount but found it to be on the easy side, since it’s geared towards the Disney crowd. The music in the clock tower stage was the high point to an otherwise tedious soundtrack. I felt like I was on a merry go round for an hour. The music in the game fits the Mickey Mouse atmosphere rather well, but every sound effect and every tune across the board is extremely high pitched and tinny. The sound effects are the downside of an otherwise good game. A touch of graininess is visible in a few areas, but otherwise the graphics are perfect with the console truly showing its stuff here. Everything looks very colorful and is loaded with detail. The game looks considerably better than anything released early on in the Master System’s life. The graphics really show what the console is capable of here. My favorite stage is the clock tower, and the normal stages are much larger and require some exploration to find the boss in each one. There’s a practice mode with simplified versions of the first three stages for beginners to get started with. The bosses are fairly unique and require different strategies to defeat each one, and a few had me guessing at how to defeat them. A lot of effort was put into the game by Sega to make it as polished as possible. He also has to collect keys to open doors and collect the standard life and energy refills. The game is very similar to Duck Tales for NES in that Mickey can jump and slam enemies with his butt or pick up boxes and stones and toss them at other enemies. Castle of Illusion was a late arrival and one of the last few games released in the states so it really shows what the SMS is capable of in terms of graphics and game play quality.Ĭastle of Illusion is composed of six stages in a castle where Minnie has been kidnapped by the witch Mizrabel and Mickey sets out to save her, in yet another generic rescue-the-princess story. Those who stuck it out through the life of the Master System saw a new life for the under-appreciated console. Capcom was releasing a number of high quality Disney games on the NES, so Sega saw fit to grab some of Capcom’s thunder by using the Mickey Mouse license and release a game geared for the kiddies incorporating many of the elements that made so many of the Disney games on the NES a success. So many only remember it as an obscure console with a bunch of ugly-looking and bad-playing old games from the mid ’80s. Sega never got a good foothold on the market with its 8-bit console. By collecting everything the player can unlock various paintings, statues of the bosses and new costumes for Mickey.Genre: Platformer Developer: Sega Ent. The game also features a bunch of collectibles in the form of of blue gems, magic cards, Mickey statues, and Chili Peppers hidden by Donald Duck. The Enchanted Forest (Boss: The Old Oak).Every stage consists of two levels and a boss battle (except the last stage, which is a pure boss battle). During and between the levels the story is told by an unknown narrator.Ĭastle of Illusion features a Castle, that works as a hub world, and 6 stages that are all based on the original game. The game is a 2D-plane platformer in a 3D setting, where Mickey either jumps on enemies' heads or throws various things (apples, gems, candles) at them to defeat them. To do so, he must find the seven Rainbow Gems (guarded by monstrous Gem Keepers) hidden within the magical worlds scattered throughout the castle. Starring Disney mascot Mickey Mouse, the game is a remake of the 1990 Sega Genesis platformer of the same name.Īs Mickey, players must venture through the evil Castle of Illusion to rescue Minnie Mouse from the evil witch Mizrabel, who plans to steal Minnie's beauty and popularity. Disney Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (also known as Castle of Illusion) is a 2.5D platformer developed by Sega Studios Australia and published by Sega on September 3-4, 2013 for the PlayStation 3 (via PlayStation Network), Xbox 360 (via Xbox Live Arcade), and PC (via Steam).
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